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The Menelaus Blue Morpho is a vibrant butterfly native to the rainforests of South America. It’s distinguished by its exceptionally bright iridescent blue coloration on its dorsal wing surfaces, a result of specialized scales that refract light. This striking appearance makes it notable within the n...

The Ulysses butterfly is a large Australian swallowtail butterfly distinguished by its brilliant iridescent blue wings. This coloration, produced by structural interference rather than pigmentation, makes it one of the most vividly colored butterflies globally. Males display this intense blue during...

The Pipevine Swallowtail (*Battus philenor*) is a North American butterfly species belonging to the family Papilionidae. Adult butterflies are recognized by their black bodies and iridescent blue hindwings, while caterpillars consume plants from the birthwort family, such as pipevines. This diet acc...

The blue-headed sapphire is a South American hummingbird found in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It occupies humid forest edges, secondary growth, plantations, and gardens where flowering plants provide nectar, while also taking small arthropods. Its common name refers to the male's irid...

Parrhasius m-album, commonly called the White-M Hairstreak, is a tailed butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Theclinae. It occurs across much of the eastern and southern United States, from Connecticut and Iowa southward to Texas, the Gulf Coast, and Florida, with rare records farther no...

The blue-rayed limpet, Patella pellucida, is a small marine gastropod found along the northeastern Atlantic coast of Europe. It commonly lives on kelp and other large brown algae, where its shell provides a low profile against the plant surface. The shell is translucent to amber and marked by narrow...

The Blue-chested Hummingbird, Amazilia amabilis, is a tropical hummingbird of Central America and northwestern South America. It occurs in lowland forests and related habitats from Nicaragua through Costa Rica and Panama to western Colombia. The male is distinguished by an iridescent blue area on th...

The Blue-tailed Hummingbird is a Central American species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is often listed as Saucerottia cyanura, with Amazilia cyanura retained in older sources, and its range includes Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. The blue tail re...

The Blue-tufted Starthroat (Heliomaster furcifer) is a South American hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is recorded from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay, with its core range in eastern Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay, northern Argentina, and northern Urug...